tanzu login

Log in to Tanzu Platform hub interactively via browser and create a CLI context with context type tanzu.

For how interactive login works, see Logging into Tanzu Application Platform in the Tanzu CLI repository.

Note

In previous versions of the Tanzu CLI, the tanzu login command was deprecated in favor of tanzu context. The tanzu login command is no longer deprecated and is now used to log in to Tanzu Application Platform SaaS, as described in Creating and Managing Applications with Tanzu Kubernetes Application Service.

Usage

System command: login | Primarily used for: Platform operations, App development

Syntax:

tanzu login [FLAGS]

Aliases

login, lo, logins

Flags

      --endpoint string                  endpoint to login to (default "https://api.tanzu.cloud.vmware.com")
      --endpoint-ca-certificate string   path to the endpoint public certificate
  -h, --help                             help for login
      --insecure-skip-tls-verify         skip endpoint's TLS certificate verification

Environment variable configurations

• TANZU_API_TOKEN (Optional): Sets the token to use for login. If not set, CLI logs in interactively.

• TANZU_CLI_CLOUD_SERVICES_ORGANIZATION_ID (Optional): Set to an Organization ID to specify the Cloud Services Organization to log in to. If not set, CLI logs in to user’s default Cloud Services Organization.

  • For how to Obtain a Cloud Services Organization ID, see How do I manage my Cloud Services Organizations.

Examples

Examples:

    # Login to Tanzu
    tanzu login

    # Login to Tanzu using non-default endpoint
    tanzu login --endpoint "https://login.example.com"

    #  Login to Tanzu by using the provided CA Bundle for TLS verification:
    tanzu login --endpoint https://test.example.com[:port] --endpoint-ca-certificate /path/to/ca/ca-cert

    # Login to Tanzu by explicit request to skip TLS verification (this is insecure)::
    tanzu login --endpoint https://test.example.com[:port] --insecure-skip-tls-verify